Radar detectors can come with a variety of features that are always evolving and make a big impact on your level of protection. One of the first upgraded features offered is Laser Protection.

Laser detectors sense Lidar which is the type of speed detection used by laser speed guns which are quicker and more accurate than radar guns. They come in two forms, single and double sensor. Single sensor provides front protection while double sensor is more expensive but it is more reliable and offers 360° detection.

An extra feature that you can look for is “instant on” Protection this type of protection means that the detector that you are looking at has high K-band sensitivity. With a high K-band sensitivity you can detect when the cars around you are being hit with instant-on radar because if the detector can only sense the radar after you’ve been hit with it then they already know how fast you were going.

Another nice feature is City Mode which turns down the range of your detector. At first this seem counterproductive but if you are driving through suburbs or heavily populated areas city mode can help limit the number of false alerts that are caused by garage door openers and other radar detectors.

Some detectors can give you Digital Voice Alerts which, unlike those that just beep and show you what type of radar is being detected, allows you to keep your eyes on the road the entire time.

Cops now have radar detector detectors (RDD) which comes in two forms VG-2 and Spectre. The later one is more advanced but is only in use in a few states (and Canada). Now we can fight back with radar detector detector detectors in the form of VG-2 and Spectre protection. This protection is available in two forms stealth protection and invisible protection. Stealth Protection warns you when it senses RDD and then powers down and Invisible Protection is shielded from one or both types of RDD and can continue operating without being detected by RDD.

The final type of protection is through Radar Jamming which scrambles the incoming radar and doesn’t just let you know when radar is present but rather it doesn’t allow you to be detected.